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Colorado Activists Shut Down Two JPMorgan Chase Branches as part of National Day of Action Against World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change

Denver, April 10, 2019 –– A large coalition of activists and community leaders rallied today in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs and 20 other locations across the country for a national day of action holding the world’s worst funder of fossil fuels, JPMorgan Chase, accountable for its financing practices. Since the Paris Agreement, JPMorgan Chase has provided $196 billion in finance for fossil fuels.

350 Colorado Supports Climate-related Financial Risk Study, Urges Deeper Look at Investments in an Urgent Era of Climate Risk

Today HB19-1270, PERA Public Employees’ Retirement Association Board Assess Climate-related financial risks, was heard by the House Finance Committee with five panels of people speaking in support of the bill and only Ron Baker, Director of PERA, speaking against. The House Committee nonetheless voted against moving the bill forward, siding with PERA’s position that they are already adequately assessing climate-related financial risk.

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